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The 18t o Mey is the 138t day o the year (139t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 227 days ti come.
Events 1956 : Lhotse 1980: Munt Saunt Helens eruption 872 - Louis II o Italy is crouned Emperor o Roum for a seicont time. 1096 - First Crusade: 800 Jews are massacred in the German ceety o Worms. 1652 - Rhode Island passes a law against slavery. 1756 - Seven Years' War: Great Breetain declares war on Fraunce . 1811 - Uruguayan forces defeat Spaingie colonial troops in the Battle o Las Piedras. 1843 - Disruption in Edinburgh o the Free Kirk o Scotland frae the Kirk o Scotland . 1848 - First sittin o Germany 's first Naitional Assembly. 1896 - A mass panic in Moscow , at the coronation o Nicholas II o Roushie , kills 1,329 fowk.1900 - The Unitit Kinrick proclaims a protectorate ower Tonga .1944 - Warld War II : German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino in Italy efter a major battle there.1944 - The Deportation o Crimean Tatars bi the Soviet Union govrenment begins.1956 - A Swiss team reaches the top o Lhotse in the Himalayas .1969 - Apollo 10 is launched. 1980 - The crackdoon on the Gwangju Uprisin for Democratic richts in Sooth Korea begins; at least 154 fowk are kilt. 1980 - Munt Saunt Helens in the US state o Washington erupts, killin 57 fowk. 1991 - Somaliland proclaims unthirldom frae Somalie , but is nae recognisit bi the rest o the warld. 1991 - Helen Sharman becomes the first Breetish person in space. 1993 - Voters in Denmark approve the Maastricht Treaty. 1996 - Eimear Quinn scores the Republic o Ireland 's 7nt an maist recent Eurovision Sang Contest victory tae date.1999 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi becomes Preses o Italy 2013 - Emmelie de Forest o Denmark wins the Eurovision Sang Contest in Malmö , Swaden , wi the sang "Only Teardrops".2018 - 10 fowk are kilt in the Santa Fe schuil shuitin in Texas . 2018 - Cubana de Aviacion Flicht 972 crashes shortly efter tak-aff frae Havana Airport in Cuba , killing 110 fowk. 2019 - Australie Prime Meenister Scott Morrison's conservative coaleetion wins a surprise veectory in the kintra's federal election. 2019 - Heinz-Christian Strache demits as Vice Chancellor o Austrick ower a corruption controversy; Chancellor Sebastian Kurz caws for early elections. 2019 - The 64t Eurovision Sang Contest is held in Tel Aviv , Israel , wi Duncan Laurence o the Netherlands achievin his kintra's first contest veectory syne 1975. Births Bertrand Russell Margot Fonteyn 1048 - Omar Khayyam, Persie mathemateecian, astronomer an poet (d. 1131) 1778 - Andrew Ure, Scots doctor, scholar an chemist (d. 1857) 1784 - William Tennant , Scots scholart an poet (d. 1848) 1785 - John Wilson , Scots writer (d. 1854) 1788 - Hugh Clapperton , Scots naval afficer an splorer (d. 1827) 1868 - Nicholas II o Roushie (d. 1918 )1872 - Bertrand Russell , Breetish philosopher (d. 1970) 1876 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor o Germany (d. 1931 ) 1883 - Walter Gropius, German airchitect (d. 1969) 1889 - Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (d. 1975) 1891 - Rudolf Carnap , German-American philosopher (d. 1970)1897 - Frank Capra , Italian-American film director an producer (d. 1991)1909 - Fred Perry, Inglis tennis player (d. 1995 )1919 - Margot Fonteyn, Inglis ballet dauncer (d. 1991)1920 - Pape John Paul II (d. 2005 )1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg politeecian1939 - Patrick Cormack , Inglis politeecian 1939 - Peter Grünberg , German pheesicist (d. 2018)1941 - Miriam Margolyes, Inglis actress1947 - John Bruton, Erse Taoiseach 1949 - Pat Rabbitte , Republic o Ireland politeecian1970 - Tina Fey , American actress an comedienne 1975 - John Higgins , Scots snooker player 1978 - Ricardo Carvalho , Portuguese fitbawer 1980 - Aileen Campbell , Scots politeecian 1983 - Lee Miller, Scots fitbawer 1986 - Kevin Anderson, Sooth African tennis player 1989 - Ryan Wilson, Inglis-born Scots rugby union player Daiths 526 - Pape John I 1911 - Gustav Mahler, Austrick componer (b. 1860)1922 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French medicinar (b. 1845)1931 - Walter Arnott, Scots sportsman (b. 1861)1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American activist (b. 1875) 2007 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French pheesicist (b. 1932 )2017 - Eric Stevenson, Scots fitbawer (b. 1942 ) Halidays Banner o Somaliland Independence Day (Somaliland ) Internaitional Museum Day Warld AIDS Vaccine Day Battle o Las Piedras Day (Uruguay )